It’s the 75 th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit. Corey Olsen, author of the new book Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, tells us the history of how the story of Bilbo Baggins changed ...

Hobbits are synonymous with Middle-earth. They are the half-pint heroes of "The Lord of the Rings," while "The Hobbit" is literally named after one of them. But when it comes to earlier stories from J ...

In a world brimming with towering wizards, ax-wielding warriors, and treasure-hoarding dragons, the hobbits in The Lord of the Rings are an unlikely bunch of heroes. Known for their quiet resilience, ...

Say hello to hobbits’ possible ancestors. Excavations of fossils from roughly 700,000-year-old hominids on the Indonesian island of Flores have reinvigorated scientific debate over the evolutionary ...

On the day that new film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is released, something unexpected has been unearthed on Tyneside - our very own piece of Hobbit history. The aunt of author JRR Tolkien was ...

Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in "The Fellowship of the Ring". He very nearly ended up with the name Bingo Baggins. REUTERS With the release of the first instalment of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected ...

It has been revealed that Tyneside holds a special Tolkien secret. The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien had strong links to Newcastle, and a dedicated team renovating graves in Jesmond ...

After easily cruising to a cool billion dollars at the box office in just over three months, Peter Jackson’s fourth film in the increasingly inaccurately named Lord of the Rings Trilogy is being ...